Summary
The classic memoir of inter-generational strife, with an afterword from author of The Essex Serpent, Sarah Perry and an introduction from Anthony Quinn.
Subtitled ‘a study of two temperaments’ Edmund Gosse’s childhood memoir tells the often fractious, often comic story of Gosse’s relationship with his authoritarian father. A pioneering naturalist and marine biologist, Philip Henry Gosse’s strictly religious worldview is brought into crisis by the discoveries of Charles Darwin and the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784874391 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784874396 |
| Author: | Edmund Gosse |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 2 April 2019 |
| Weight: | 219g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 17mm |
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About The Author
Edmund Gosse
Sir Edmund William Gosse (1849-1928) was the son of naturalist Philip Henry Gosse and poet Emily Bowes. Raised within the Plymouth Brethren, Gosse later explored the conflict between his upbringing and Darwin’s theory of evolution, a theme central to his 1907 biography, Father and Son. A poet, critic, and librarian of the House of Lords, Gosse significantly influenced the early 20th-century art world and introduced Ibsen’s works to English-speaking audiences. He was knighted in 1925.
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